Cloud infrastructure entitlement management software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank cloud infrastructure entitlement management software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Security platforms used to analyze cloud permissions, identify excessive entitlements, and reduce identity risk across cloud infrastructure. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Wiz and Prisma Cloud jointly lead the CIEM category with identical composite scores of 16.2, both achieving 12.5% visibility and 25.0% citation rates against a category average visibility of just 2.5%. This shared top position is notable because it compresses the competitive gap at the very top while creating a sharp cliff below, where Tenable Cloud Security and Ermetic score 8.8 composite with zero citations despite matching the leaders on visibility at 12.5%.
The divergence between being named and being cited is the defining pattern in this category. Tenable Cloud Security and Ermetic each appear in 12.5% of AI responses but earn zero citation links, meaning AI Mode references them without anchoring to their domains. Orca Security presents the inverse case, scoring 0.0% visibility yet earning a 12.5% citation rate, suggesting AI pulls from its content as a source without surfacing the brand in direct answers.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in the dataset, indicating the entire category's AI footprint is concentrated on a single engine. The top cited sources include review platforms g2.com and trustradius.com, vendor domains wiz.io and paloaltonetworks.com, and third-party sites cloudquery.io and infotech.com. The presence of youtube.com and sentinelone.com in citation sources points to AI anchoring on video content and adjacent security vendors rather than purely on CIEM-specialist publishers.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Wiz 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
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Prisma Cloud 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
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Tenable Cloud Security 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #3+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
wiz.io
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Wiz matches the category's highest composite score of 16.2 and is one of only two brands with a 25.0% citation rate, with wiz.io appearing directly in the top cited sources list. |
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| 2 |
paloaltonetworks.com
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Prisma Cloud ties Wiz on every metric (16.2 composite, 12.5% visibility, 25.0% citation) and has its domain paloaltonetworks.com listed as a top cited source, confirming direct AI sourcing. |
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| 3 |
tenable.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Tenable Cloud Security matches the top two on visibility at 12.5% but holds a 0.0% citation rate, producing a composite score of 8.8 and signaling it is named but not used as a source. |
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| 4 |
ermetic.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Ermetic mirrors Tenable exactly with 12.5% visibility, 0.0% citations, and an 8.8 composite score, placing it as a named but uncited brand well above the 2.5% category visibility average. |
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| 5 |
orca.security
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Orca Security is the category's clearest citation-without-visibility anomaly, earning 12.5% citations against 0.0% visibility and a 3.8 composite score, the only brand in this inverted position. |
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| 6 |
sonraisecurity.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
microsoft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
lacework.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
trendmicro.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
crowdstrike.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
permiso.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
axonius.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
checkpoint.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
saviynt.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
entro.security
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
cyberark.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
beyondtrust.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
zscaler.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
delinea.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
sentra.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on cloud infrastructure entitlement management software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about cloud infrastructure entitlement management software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in the CIEM software category?
Wiz and Prisma Cloud jointly lead with identical composite scores of 16.2, both achieving 12.5% visibility and 25.0% citation rates. No other brand in the category comes close to matching both metrics simultaneously.
What is the average AI visibility for CIEM software brands?
The category average visibility is 2.5% and the average citation rate is 3.1%, meaning the four brands with any visibility or citation signal represent a significant outlier group above the floor.
Which CIEM brands are named by AI but not cited as sources?
Tenable Cloud Security and Ermetic both appear in 12.5% of AI responses but hold 0.0% citation rates, confirming AI references them without linking to their domains.
What sources does AI cite most for CIEM software research?
The top cited sources include review platforms g2.com and trustradius.com, vendor domains wiz.io and paloaltonetworks.com, and third-party sites cloudquery.io, infotech.com, youtube.com, and sentinelone.com.
Which engine drives AI visibility for CIEM software brands?
Google AI Mode is listed as the top engine for every brand in the dataset, indicating the entire category's AI visibility footprint is concentrated on that single engine.
Are there any CIEM brands cited by AI despite having no named visibility?
Orca Security has a 0.0% visibility score but a 12.5% citation rate, making it the only brand in the category whose content is sourced by AI without the brand being surfaced in direct answers.